thedeadcockroach.blogspot.com Archives - 02 January 2012, Monday

"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

While booking this trip, we were told by the travel agent that we would be staying at Lee Gardens Hotel. We could not be happier as all who had been to Hat Yai before would have known that the said hotel is like a landmark situated at a centralised location surrounded by all the major...

Leaving [Samila Beach ], the coach made a few turns and before we knew it, we were already at the foot of Tang Kuan Hill. Remember the legend about the Mouse and Cat Island? This is the hill which the Dog turned into. Where we are visiting is located right on the top of this hill and ...

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Our first destination upon reaching Songkhla - a province in southern Thailand, was Samila Beach. Residing here was one of the more famous landmarks in Songkhla - the bronze Mermaid. On this particular day that we were there, tonnes of tourists were waiting in line just to have a pict...

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"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

After two weeks in Shoalwaterbay, Exercise Wallaby is finally over! It was hard work but friends made the days easier to past. Just two days before we depart for Singapore, we had our R&R at Rockhampton town (Yeppoon, to be exact) but before I share about my R&R trip, I would like to ...

The story begins with two mismatched brothers Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter from Smalltown, a rural town in USA. Walter, a muppet, stopped growing since he was seven. Being different from everyone else, he felt like he do not belonged anywhere. His only consolation in life is watching...

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"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

Theseus and his mother were outcasts in their own village. He was conceived after his mother was raped and no man would want her. For years, they were despised on and often bullied by others. As a child, Theseus was often filled with anger. But under the guidance of an old peasant, Th...

The flight took almost seven hours before we finally arrived at Rockhampton Airport around six in the evening. After clearing the customs, we were rushed up the coach immediately. I have no chance to buy a prepaid card which is why there were no updates from me for the whole of two we...

"DC" is the acronym for Dead Cockroach - my online moniker. I love to dream and I live in my own world with my vivid imagination! I often stared into space and also tends to get melancholy during rainy weather. I'm a small fry blogger who began blogging in [Nov 2003 ] . This blog is w...

If love alone could have saved you you never would have died. In life I loved you dearly, In death I love you still. In my heart you hold a place no one could ever fill. If tears could build a stairway and heartache make a lane, I'd walk the path to heaven and bring you back again. Ou...

Part mischief, but all blessing, And faithful to the end! You look at me with eyes of love, You never hold a grudge... You think I'm far too wonderful To criticize or judge. It seems your greatest joy in life Is being close to me... I think God knew how comforting Your warm, soft fur ...

I went through several recipes online instructing the Watercress to be added from the very start and simmering it for several hours which, by then, the vegetables would have turned limpy and yellow. The recipe I learnt from Mum, however, was not to overcook the Watercress, adding them...

I was first introduced to this strange-looking flower by Mum who has bought a bagful of it from the market. Due to it's odd appearance, I was apprehensive to drink the tea brewed with the flowers. "It tastes just like Ribena," Mum said. The color looks similar but I cannot be too sure...

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I was first introduced to this strange-looking flower by Mum who has bought a bagful of it from the market. Due to it's odd appearance, I was apprehensive to drink the tea brewed with the flowers. "It tastes just like Ribena," Mum said. The color looks similar but I cannot be too sure...

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, is a root vegetable belonging to the Yam family. Although I have seen them plenty of times at the wet market, it is still my very first attempt cooking the fresh variety. One interesting thing about this root was how slippery it would become the moment you started peeling off it's s...

[Blog Action Day ] is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue that impacts us all. For 2011, our Blog Action Day coincides with World Food ...

White Radish, also known as Daikon to many, is a very versatile root vegetable. You could pickle it, stew it, fry it, saute it, cook soup with it and even make a (carrot) cake out of it! I used to hate it whenever Mum cooks this soup because I would always mistook it's smell for a gas...

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The pictures here were taken when I last visited Haw Par Villa with my parents two years ago after a long hiatus of more than twenty years! It was first published on my other blog [link ] but I thought it was a pity to allow it to be buried and lay forgotten under the archives hence, ...

I was running an errand in the vicinity of Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre sometime last week so I decided to drop by for lunch at Tasty Thai Hut - my favorite heartland Thai food stall. Although Tasty Thai Hut do not have a wide selection of dishes, the lady manning the stall made u...

Young Chef Huang (Namewee) struggles to get his restaurant business going because he cannot adapt to the 'localized' cooking his patrons are looking for. However, contradict to his unpopular cuisine, he is also well-known as 'Hero Huang' in the local neighborhood where he carries out ...

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Towards the end of the tour, I have a clearer view of how my burger was made before it reaches me. Also, I have always thought that the kitchen is only as big as what my eyes can see but little do I know that there are secret corners which lead to the storeroom and freezer! It was ind...

Towards the end of the tour, I have a better understanding towards how my burger was made before it reach me. Also, I have always thought that the kitchen is as big as what my eyes can see but little do I know that there are secret corners which lead to the storeroom and chiller! I gu...